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Avoid the most common errors this editor has seen over 15 years of freelance editing. This is a compilation of notes on punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, usage, etc. that cover the most common errors I've seen in over 15 years of editing. This, combined with The Seven Writerly Sins, would comprise what not to do if you want to be a successful writer.

El Instituto Cervantes lanza una obra imprescindible para todos los que buscan comunicarse con corrección, precisión y eficacia, tanto oralmente como por escrito. En un estilo claro, ameno y fluido, de corte periodístico, este libro proporciona información práctica y actualizada para hablar y...

La lengua, que la hacen los hablantes, está en cambio continuo. Parece oportuno aclarar conceptos y explicar la evolución que en los últimos años han experimentado ciertas cuestiones gramaticales, ortográficas y léxicas. De este modo se sentará la base para perfilar determinadas orientaciones...

Books with characters that jump off the page, grab readers by the throat, and don't let go are unforgettable. But how do you create multi-dimensional characters? The trick is to know the characters as well as you know yourself. This book will help you achieve that with its list of almost 400...

An indispensible tool for all science fiction writers, Space Travel explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. You'll engineer your rockets with accurate technical data. Show your characters' physical responses to weightlessness. Know the environment of space,...

You know you're a writer when . . . You'll never forgive your parents for your happy childhood. . . . The doctor tells you that you have terminal cancer and you think, "I can use this." . . . You accidentally sign a check with your pen name. . . . You know more than ten synonyms for "blue." ....

The key to a good formatted book description is knowing HTML coding tags. Do you worry that you won’t have the time to learn complex code or may not understand it? Or that you may potentially mess up the perfect blurb that you bought? You are not alone. These reasons keep many authors from...

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**The Secret Behind Many Bestselling Books ** In 1982, an editorial director at a publishing house told Cec Murphey, "I'd like you to be a ghostwriter for us." Cec was agreeable and asked how to do it. "You'll figure it out," the editor said. And figure it out he did. Now...

Who is allowed access to a crime scene? What happens when a body is discovered? Will a blood transfusion alter DNA? How can the distribution of gunshot residue inform your plot? The Real CIS - A Forensic Handbook for Crime Writers answers these questions and more in a unique and exclusive insight...

This is not a book on how to write historical fiction. It IS a book on how NOT to write historical fiction. If you love history and you’re hard at work on your first historical novel, but you’re wondering if your medieval Irishmen would live on potatoes, if your 17th-century pirate would...

This comprehensive reference guide walks you through all the nuances of e-mail etiquette and every day technology use from both a personal and business perspective without all the techno-babble! In easy to understand terminology, the author has a conversation with you as though you were getting...

The 2015 Guide to Self-Publishing is the essential resource for writers who are taking their publishing futures into their own hands, whether it's referred to as self-publishing or indie publishing. In addition to hundreds of listings for freelance editors, designers, self-publishing companies,...

I don't know how else to tell you this...everything you know about English is wrong. "If you love language and the unvarnished truth, you'll love Everything You Know About English Is Wrong. You'll have fun because his lively, comedic, skeptical voice will speak to you from the pages of...